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2.6k · Mar 2014
Highway
He says, "How many trucks will wreck
On that one stinkin' highway?"
"Many more," I said, "and then the world will end
And no more trucks will wreck on that highway."
2.6k · Jul 2014
High Dive
The nervous tension
Nail-biting fear, anxiety
And then the thrill! Yes!
Ah, and the adrenaline!
Over so quickly. Again.
Psh, it was only 3 meters, but hey, that's still quite a thrill.
2.6k · Aug 2014
A Reach
You’re always just a reach away
For every time I go astray
There’s nowhere I could ever go
That Your love won’t reach, I know.
Potential chorus--should I try writing more of this?
2.5k · Mar 2014
Bed
Bed
I don't know
If I'm tired or depressed
But all I know
Is I don't want to leave my bed.
2.5k · Mar 2014
Snoring
Go to bed
   bump your head
   Don't wake up 'till morning;
Lightning strike
   the house tonight
   It's raining and it's pouring.
2.5k · Apr 2014
Always
Before the dust fell
Under the pastry white moon
You were always weird.
And there will never come a day when you will not be weird. :]
2.5k · May 2014
Away
Take me away from here,
I've always wanted to run away;
Show me how to fly,
I'm sure it's easier than they say.
2.5k · May 2014
9. White
He despaired of it,
That the only innocence
Lay in the stillborn.
2.5k · Nov 2014
Strangely
If I, strangely, die
You'll be the last one to know
And the last to care.
One step behind the other,
I keep my eyes ahead.
I'll keep myself together
If I watch where I have tread.

I'm sure I'm being hunted
By monsters in the night.
Not sure if I've been stunted,
Or if this is their true height.

But if the shadows wavered,
Or gave way to my stare,
I'd sing instead of quaver
And stand with shoulders square.

No time to sit and panic
Or just wait for the dawn.
Until I leave the manic,
I must keep trudging on.

Wait until I'm with you,
And then I might break down.
Take comfort when it's through,
When at last pain makes a sound.

Just save me a seat in the closet
I'm fighting my fears now:
Fear was the one to cause it,
But I will answer how.
Based on my new track, "Save me a seat in the panic room" available to stream from SoundCloud:
https://soundcloud.com/theytooktheusernames/save-me-a-seat-in-the-panic-room
2.4k · May 2016
The Library
I come here when I'm lonely, tired, and bored.
The library's friendlier than most of the world.
There's books, coffee, couches: blue and red.
I love it more than anywhere except for my bed.
2.4k · Apr 2014
Hoot
An owl hooting
Right outside of my window
Makes my heart beat fast.
2.4k · Oct 2014
Tears (Pt 1)
You left
and all that remained
were memories that lingered
in the back of my eyes
and a tingle in my nose
that waited for the worst moment
to pounce.
2.4k · Apr 2016
anyway
i long for the day
when i actually have to tell someone, "go away"
i yearn to say
"leave me alone" but they stay with me anyway
2.4k · Mar 2014
Freeze
So I finally saw Frozen
Okay, it's pretty fun
But I really don't see why it's gone
Crazy with everyone.
2.4k · Jul 2014
Speak
O
Tell
Me
The
Words
And
Speak
Them
I
Shall
2.4k · Apr 2014
Pockets
I really wish that
You had sewn in pockets. Why?
'Cause I love pockets!
2.4k · Dec 2022
Bourbon
Bass and bourbon notes
Flutter down through my system
And I taste the sound.
Guillaume David has a new soundtrack out. Code 4 bourbon is delicious. What else is there to say.
2.4k · Apr 2014
Think
Can't think anymore
If you would just let me go
Maybe I'd feel free.
2.4k · May 2014
Entertain
Thoughts I entertain
Sometimes, they return by night
To haunt my black dreams.
2.3k · May 2014
Obey
I want to obey
Because I know I'll be safe
When I follow You.
2.3k · Mar 2014
Caffeine
Caffeine is a flame
That ignites my strangest thoughts
And makes me look weird.
2.3k · Jul 2014
Guilt Trip
He told me once, and I'll never forget
"If it's a guilt trip you need, then take it
But don't drag me in, as if it's the end,
And remember that life's what you make it."

I've broken that rule, oh, so many times
I've bent and abused it, too
But as long as I remember that I need His help
He loves me, and He's who I come back to.
2.3k · Nov 2014
Sword
So,
draw
your
  shining sword
and
let
me
show
you
the
pain
I
feel.
2.3k · May 2014
Cold World
I don't want to get up,
And go out into the cold, hard world...
The new tile floor at this house just chills me to the bone.
2.3k · May 2014
8. Black
Day was bright and still
But they felt him in shadows;
Feasting upon souls.
2.2k · May 2014
10. Grey
I thrive upon it,
And yet, it thrives upon me;
Grey muddle of life.
2.2k · Apr 2014
Commas
You use your commas
The way a Southern woman
Puts sugar in tea.
And, yeah, you're, killing, me.
2.2k · Dec 2015
Passive Avoidance
He's always with my friends,
And I'm always with them,
And I kind of see him every single day.
The funny thing is this,
That I have a secret wish
To see how long—if—he can stay away.

One Sunday he slept late
And boy, I felt great
Knowing he'd miss church with us together
But smiling with chagrin
I saw him back again
When everyone meet up to eat our dinner.

I mentioned it that night
Before he I left his sight,
And he suggested—with us laughing together—
That someday, both of us
Should, without a fuss,
For fun, passively avoid each other.

Today has not been long
But so far I've been strong
And haven't sought him out, or told him so
But I know that tonight
We'll meet again, alright
And once again the count shall be zero.
Lol this guy. He gets on my nerves but he's too fun to hate.
Edit: April 19, 2016 - I didn't see him all day long.
2.2k · May 2014
Power
They have power
that you'll never know about;
But I have more,
for I control their route.
2.2k · May 2014
Goodnight!
Goodnight world of light
I go to spend the dark night
Wastefully, on sleep.
I don't care what I don't do
Or don't accomplish; I sleep!
2.2k · Apr 2014
Ow
Ow
Got soap in my eyes
Ow ow ow ow ow ow ow
It really hurts! Ow!
2.2k · Mar 2016
Anxiety?
There’s not much left to write about
Happiness and sadness are gone
Instead, I’ve traversed the subjects
And they all left me fighting a scream.

Anxiety’s clutched at my heartstrings
Dampening, muting their song
But now I’m going to break free
And dive into life headlong.

I’ll play videogames and write some poems
And do all the things that I miss
For while once this was time-wasting, never
Shall I waste a day anxious for this.

I guess anxiety’s got its perks, but
The one thing it gets me to do
Is work ‘till I have no more work, but
I had nothing to do at all, so I’m blue.
2.2k · Apr 2014
Soared
Go away!* he said, Just leave!
I don't want you here anymore.
But she replied, Oh no, I won't,
And with her love, he soared.
2.2k · Jul 2014
Sparked
My oceans froze over
All my skies grew dark
But Your life sparked a fire
And Your hope warmed my heart.
2.2k · May 2014
Dark
His dark mood was calm
And with a look in his eyes
That spoke of patience.
2.1k · Apr 2014
Food Ninja
I ate too much food
America's a ninja
Suddenly you're full.
2.1k · May 2014
Can't Think
I can't even think
Of what I should write, or say
I'm just so tired.
Literally, I feel like I can't think at all I'm so tired.
2.1k · May 2014
Ecstatic
Sometimes, if someone told me I lived in Candyland,
I'd agree because my music is so bubbly,
My outfit is so bright,
And my disposition is ecstatic.  Frankly.
2.1k · Apr 2014
Care
You won't leave me be
Stealing my contentedness
Stop making me care.
2.1k · May 2014
7. Violet
Hidden to all eyes,
You searched only to be seen
And to be noticed.
2.1k · Aug 2016
Suffocate
Life is passing me by
And as I hold my breath
I realize I can't stop
The endless, rushing days
Hours of wasted time
Unless I breathe. And live.
August 9, 2016
2.1k · Nov 2014
COLD
Spikes of pain are going up my arm
And my head is aching with some kind of alarm
They're all trying to tell me the one thing I know:
The inside and the outside of my body are COLD!~
2.1k · Jan 2014
Diamond
A diamond is made 
From pressure and stress 
The carbon and heat
Create hardness

From ashes to beauty
Just dirt purified
From hard circumstances 
And persistence combined 

A diamond withstands
The harshest force
It's cut by itself
From the initial coarse

Nothing can scratch
Nor its perfection mar
And from its hard ordeal
It bears no scar

It is the strongest substance
Won't bend or even give
No heat, impact, or tension
All else it will outlive 

Diamonds are an image
They serve as a display 
For something that's much harder
And endures through any pain

Diamonds worn around the finger
Bound to a golden ring
Represent the marriage pact
That outstands everything

Love that never, ever fails
Love that keeps its word
Love that lasts throughout the storm
Love that's tested sure

A diamond shines for all to see
It glitters in the light
And the love that's in the heart
Shines in the blackest night.
2.1k · May 2014
6. Indigo
When I first met you
You were always in purple
With the slightest blue.
2.1k · May 2014
Take It
Take it into your own hands,
Take responsibility;
Grab the tiller, make your plans,
But you wouldn't if you were me.
2.1k · Oct 2017
Investments
Surely my life's work
Will be worth as much to them
As it is to me,
Waiting for sales to show here
To feed my music budget.
I've published a book. http://www.lulu.com/shop/ashley-spence/poetry-volume-i/ebook/product-23389434.html
2.0k · Nov 2014
Bliss
Go and dance along;
Your day will come soon, darling,
Where you'll have regret:
Savor the blissful days now,
And don't waste your innocence.
2.0k · Apr 2014
Brilliant
It wasn't fair! No!
You were wonderful, and yet
She couldn't have you.
2.0k · Apr 2014
Safety
If you do use me
Without your safety glasses
Be forewarned, I'm sharp
I cut to the quick, and swift
I don't mean to but I hurt.
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